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MariaDB Server — relational SQL from MySQL compatibility to native vector search

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8,212
Primary language
C++
License
GPL-2.0
Repository last updated
Sep 12, 2026

Overview

MariaDB Server is a community-developed relational database started by members of the original MySQL team. It preserves a high degree of MySQL compatibility while adding pluggable storage engines, replication and Galera clustering, advanced SQL, and native vector search.

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Run SQL workloads across storage engines and clustered topologies

The current README lists a VECTOR type with HNSW approximate-nearest-neighbor indexing from MariaDB 11.8, InnoDB for transactions, ColumnStore for analytics, and Spider for sharding. It also covers asynchronous, semi-synchronous, and parallel replication, GTIDs, Galera synchronous multi-primary clustering, CTEs, window functions, temporal tables, and JSON functions.

Sources: [1]

For MySQL migration candidates and varied SQL workloads

It is a candidate when an existing MySQL protocol and syntax should be retained while transactions, analytics, full-text, spatial, or vector search and clustered operation are evaluated in one server family. Test compatibility, query plans, backup and restore, replication, drivers, and upgrades with representative data.

Sources: [1]

Choose between LTS and rolling releases and review engine differences

The README distinguishes annual LTS from quarterly rolling releases and recommends binary LTS releases, maintained for three years, for production. Behavior and availability vary by version and storage engine, so pin documentation to the selected release. MariaDB Server is GPLv2 without an 'any later version' clause, while third-party terms are listed separately.

Sources: [1][2]

Official sources

  1. [1]MariaDB Server README(2026-09-13)
  2. [2]MariaDB Server COPYING(2026-09-13)
Supplemental curator note

Selected for preserving its MySQL-fork lineage while creating renewed discovery through specific database topics and native vector search.

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GitHub Topics

  • amazon-web-services
  • database
  • fulltext-search
  • json
  • mariadb
  • mysql
  • rdbms
  • relational-databases
  • sql
  • storage-engine
  • vector-database
  • galera
Stars
8,212
Forks
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Watchers
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Primary language
C++
License
GPL-2.0
Repository last updated
Sep 12, 2026
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